Florida Statute 170.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS

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170.21 Provisions of chapter supplemental, additional, and alternative procedure.—This chapter shall not repeal any other law relating to the subject matter hereof, but shall be deemed to provide a supplemental, additional, and alternative method of procedure for the benefit of all cities, towns, and municipal corporations of the state, whether organized under special act or the general law, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.

History.—s. 21, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3042; s. 16, ch. 59-396.

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City of Boca Raton v. State, 595 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 58 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...nicipalities may levy a special assessment. Thus, section 170.19, Florida Statutes (1989), states that "[t]his chapter ... shall be construed as an additional and alternative method for the financing of the improvements referred to herein." Further, section 170.21, Florida Statutes (1989), states that "[t]his chapter shall not repeal any other law relating to the subject matter hereof, but shall be deemed to provide a supplemental, additional, and alternative method of procedure for the benefit of all cities, towns, and municipal corporations of the state... ." [3] *30 This Court has recently construed a provision similar to sections 170.19 and 170.21 to find that counties had sufficient home rule power to issue bonds irrespective of the existence of a statute which authorized counties to issue bonds....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgh 1 Section 170.21, Fla. Stat., specifically provides that "[t]his

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1994).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

question is necessary. Question Three Pursuant to section 170.21, Florida Statutes: This chapter shall not repeal

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